Travel Blogs Australia

For some reason or another I expected Derby to be a nice town to visit but once I arrived here I realized that Derby actually has very little to offer tourists except for maybe its wharf.

After doing some research about the place I found out that Derby has a population of about 5000 people and is more known as crocodile country than as a thriving city. Driving through the town centre there is not much to see besides the Visitors Centre and therefor I headed straight to the wharf for some pictures.

This wooden wharf was built in 1894 during the gold rush to support the export industry...

Coming to Australia I had made a list in my mind of all the wildlife I wanted to see and spotting some real crocodiles was one of my must do's.

The Kimberley region in the northern tip of Western Australia is home to freshwater crocodiles and some saltwater crocodiles when heading closer to the Northern Territory border. Usually you won't spot any saltwater crocodiles on the beaches of Western Australia but throughout the years some lost ones have been tracked. As a result you'll find road signs around lakes and lagoons west of Broome as a warning to tourists who feel like going for a swim.

A lot of backpackers road tripping through Western Australia find it hard to find a good paid job but Carnarvon must be the exception here because of its depeveloped agricultural industry. Fruit picking jobs are really popular in Australia and where better to start looking than in a thriving fruit city like Carnarvon?

Carnarvon is also good connected to other touristic points in Western Australia like Broome, Exmouth, Coral Bay and Geraldton in the north and Perth in the south. Just hop on the Greyhound night bus and you'll be dropped off right in town.

Port Macquarie is the excellent place to go for a camel ride and the camel safaris on Lighthouse Beach are one of the best around. Not only is the beach beautifully located with almost no tourists around but also the camels are really well trained and will help you to remember this great ride on along the coast.

We went on a ride with Port Macquarie Camel Safaris and met the camels...

A lot of tourists coming to Port Macquerie visit the Koala Hospital to learn more about the koalas, support the good work the volunteers do here and maybe even see one of the baby koala's of the park.

The Koala Hospital does great work and takes cares of koalas hurt during bush fires, road incidents or dog attacks. Walking through the koala park we met several koalas who all have their own seperate space and receive great care. Each koala is known by name and gets special care and treatment and tourists who want to support the koala hospital can even adopt a koala.